Entrance Antiphon: Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice. (Cf. Ps 48 (47): 10-11)
Collect: O God, who in the abasement of your Son
have raised up a fallen world,
fill your faithful with holy joy,
for on those you have rescued from slavery to sin
you bestow eternal gladness.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
First Reading: Ezekiel 2:2-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 123:1-2, 2, 3-4
Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Gospel: Mk 6:1-6a
Prayer over the Offerings: May this oblation dedicated to your name
purify us, O Lord,
and day by day bring our conduct
closer to the life of heaven.
Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon (Option 1): Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed the man who seeks refuge in him. (Ps 34 (33): 9)
Prayer after Communion: Grant, we pray, O Lord,
that, having been replenished by such great gifts,
we may gain the prize of salvation
and never cease to praise you.
Through Christ our Lord.
Suggested Music:
Processional Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns
Entrance Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Responsorial Psalm: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Alleluia: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Offertory Hymn: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
Communion Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
A Eucharistic hymn is appropriate during or after communion.
Recessional Hymn: All People That on Earth Do Dwell